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What Is Gastroenteritis?

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Gastroenteritis

Say: gass-troh-en-teh-RYE-tis

Feeling sick to your stomach? It may be gastroenteritis, sometimes called stomach flu. This illness can make you feel sick to your stomach, and make you throw up and have diarrhea.

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